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fiscal cliff and your company, something we need to worry about? less than other companies? >> we're in a great asset class. it's defensive. we've talked about some of the benefits. we as a company have a great balance sheet. we're seeing our leasing better in the last three months than in the last eight years. i thif you've heard that, stabilization of rates, so i think from our particular business standpoint, we would love to see the fiscal cliff solved, we would love to see fundamentals come back to sense, but our affordable care act, i don't see that as a big impact at all. >> simple, good clean story with good distribution, nice yield. scott peters, chairman and president of health care trust of america. they are not involved with the crazies in of america other than maybe they can profit from it. [ male announcer ] if you suffer from heartburn 2 or more days a week, why use temporary treatments when you can prevent the acid that's causing it with prevacid24hr. with one pill prevacid24hr works at the source to prevent the acid that causes frequent heartburn all day and
fiscal cliff and your company, something we need to worry about? less than other companies? >> we're in a great asset class. it's defensive. we've talked about some of the benefits. we as a company have a great balance sheet. we're seeing our leasing better in the last three months than in the last eight years. i thif you've heard that, stabilization of rates, so i think from our particular business standpoint, we would love to see the fiscal cliff solved, we would love to see...
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. >> dana: i have something also about the fiscal cliff. something you haven't heard about is rural america is under threat from a major raise in taxes. death and state taxes. throw up the map. senator from wyoming put this out. 526,421 family farms threatened by the new death tax. mostly because assets are tied up in land. you're land rich and cash poor. this hurts a lot of people. >> greg: this plays in the old phrase buying the farm. >> dana: it plays in something i want to tease for friday, which is i am -- i got to buy the farm. get it. think we haven't heard that. >> bob: promote something? >> dana: on friday, tomorrow i'm going to vegas and i'm going to the national rodeo -- the national finals rodeo sponsored by wrangler. i went last year and i got to interview the rodeo queen. the new rodeo queen this year and talk to a few other people and chance to go to the rodeo and see my family. >> eric: that's nice. >> dana: that's it? "that's nice." >> kimberly: it sundays fun. you know how to ride a horse. >> bob: ride a bull. >> dana: we
. >> dana: i have something also about the fiscal cliff. something you haven't heard about is rural america is under threat from a major raise in taxes. death and state taxes. throw up the map. senator from wyoming put this out. 526,421 family farms threatened by the new death tax. mostly because assets are tied up in land. you're land rich and cash poor. this hurts a lot of people. >> greg: this plays in the old phrase buying the farm. >> dana: it plays in something i want to...
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all right, the fiscal cliff and something only congress can do that we have lou dobbs easy with us now. it is actually a good comedy. the nero reference is wrong. all the drama here. is it a shakespearean play? lou: i mean, hands flailing -- many of the sentences that attached to the one that preceded. it is great political theater if you like farce. that is what we are witnessing here. the house speaker today saying that at least at the end of the day, we have some serious problems and that he and the president are separated by the seris problems. as if this were a newsflash for the international news media. we have some problems, and they are going to start on the first of january. it is pretty clear that the president wants to go over the fiscal cliff. speaker boehner, i think, is right to say that your ultimatum. you eat it, it's your deal. we will let it all play out. tracy: deep into the root of all this is political discorin general. but all everyone thinks about is the next vote. speaker boehner thinking about his reelection. no one is thinking about the bigger cause. it is rea
all right, the fiscal cliff and something only congress can do that we have lou dobbs easy with us now. it is actually a good comedy. the nero reference is wrong. all the drama here. is it a shakespearean play? lou: i mean, hands flailing -- many of the sentences that attached to the one that preceded. it is great political theater if you like farce. that is what we are witnessing here. the house speaker today saying that at least at the end of the day, we have some serious problems and that he...
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what do you think are the chances of getting some resolution on the fiscal cliff, get something kind of deal on that? >> well, you know not before the election. i'm skeptical we actually get it done in the lame duck. that may depend on how the election goes. having said, that susie, i do think policymakers, the next president, the next congress-- whoever that may be-- will come together and nail down the fiscal cliff sufficiently reasonably so our economy can get going again. it's going to be a little hairy early next year because there will be political back and forth and brinksmanship. but i think we will do what we need to do, and the good fundamentals in the economy, the fact that american businesses are very competitive, very profitable, that the american banks are capitalized and howms holds are reducing debt, all of those things shine through. >> susie: i hope you're right about that, mark. thanks so much for coming on the program. mark zandi, at mood. >> tom: still ahead, it's been one year since apple founder and visionary steve jobs died. tonight we look ahead to technology
what do you think are the chances of getting some resolution on the fiscal cliff, get something kind of deal on that? >> well, you know not before the election. i'm skeptical we actually get it done in the lame duck. that may depend on how the election goes. having said, that susie, i do think policymakers, the next president, the next congress-- whoever that may be-- will come together and nail down the fiscal cliff sufficiently reasonably so our economy can get going again. it's going...
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fiscal cliff and your company, something we need to worry about? less than other companies? >> we're in a great asset class. it's defensive. we've talked about some of the benefits. we as a company have a great balance sheet. we're seeing our leasing better in the last six months than in the last three years. i think you've heard that, stabilization of rates, so i think from our particular business standpoint, we would love to see the fiscal cliff solved, we would love to see fundamentals come back to sense, but our business, the affordable care act, i don't see that as a big impact at all. >> simple, good clean story with good distribution, nice yield. scott peters, chairman and president of health care trust of america. they are not involved with the craziness of washington other than maybe they can profit from it. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- ♪ you can stay in and like something... ♪ [ car alarm deactivates ] ♪ ...or you can get out there with your family and actually like something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering som
fiscal cliff and your company, something we need to worry about? less than other companies? >> we're in a great asset class. it's defensive. we've talked about some of the benefits. we as a company have a great balance sheet. we're seeing our leasing better in the last six months than in the last three years. i think you've heard that, stabilization of rates, so i think from our particular business standpoint, we would love to see the fiscal cliff solved, we would love to see fundamentals...
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wel one of the 80 ceo's warning about the looming fiscal cliff just announcing something that could make you a 40% bump by the spring. >> predictions? and jim, you're up first. >> sirius xm and global car fleets are selling and we've got an aging u.s. fleet that needs replacing and their margins are expanding and looks really good to me. >> brenda: jonas, do u like sirius, that radio. >> no my cool internet phone is taking the place of it. >> brenda: you've got the coolest gadgets. jonas your ediction. the touchy feely world of my cool internet phone is spreading to computers with the windows 8 rollout. it's not just benefits microsoft, but people of the gorilla glass company of corning going up. >>renda: you really love that thing. toby, a bull or bear. >> it was a great call about six months ago. >> brenda: gary b? your prediction? >> don't give up on amazon, i still think the stock is a winner. up 50% the next two years. >> brenda: jim, are you bull or bear, what do you think of garyb? >> a great company, but look, the valuation is still too-- it can go down a lot more and still have
wel one of the 80 ceo's warning about the looming fiscal cliff just announcing something that could make you a 40% bump by the spring. >> predictions? and jim, you're up first. >> sirius xm and global car fleets are selling and we've got an aging u.s. fleet that needs replacing and their margins are expanding and looks really good to me. >> brenda: jonas, do u like sirius, that radio. >> no my cool internet phone is taking the place of it. >> brenda: you've got the...
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i think we are coming up again at the end of the year, people looking at the fiscal cliff situation and everyday we get something different coming out of washington today, disagreement. tomorrow it could be sounds like talks are progressing. we can see things slip around staying in this broad range across a series of markets and i think he will continue to see that until yo they get some kinf definitive answer and direction out of d.c. we will go from economic standpoint and getting money to work in the most efficient way. liz: good to see you gentlemen, thank you very much. never gets boring around here on fox business lackluster retail sales from the fed announcement yesterday turning on the stick is beginning next month painted the market red leaving me wondering if high investors, the smart money might be changing their investment strategy. we thought we would bring in, millions of dollars, they want to see the money grow. joining us in a fox business exclusive. you seem like a very measured person, that is why you have a lot of wealthy clients because you must do well for them. aft
i think we are coming up again at the end of the year, people looking at the fiscal cliff situation and everyday we get something different coming out of washington today, disagreement. tomorrow it could be sounds like talks are progressing. we can see things slip around staying in this broad range across a series of markets and i think he will continue to see that until yo they get some kinf definitive answer and direction out of d.c. we will go from economic standpoint and getting money to...
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well, one of the 80 ceo's warning about the looming fiscal cliff just announcing something that could make you a 40% bump by the spring. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. >> predictions? and jim, you're up first. >> sirius xm and global car fleets are selling and we've got an aging u.s. fleet that needs replacing and their margins are expanding and looks really good to me. >> brenda: jonas, do you like sirius, that radio. >> no my cool internet phone is taking the place of it. >> brenda: you've got the coolest gadgets. jonas your prediction. the touchy feely world of my cool internet phone is spreading to computers with the windows 8 rollout. it's not just benefits microsoft, but people of the gorilla glass company of co
well, one of the 80 ceo's warning about the looming fiscal cliff just announcing something that could make you a 40% bump by the spring. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business...
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so, is the fiscal cliff even something that can stop this, what seems like a great tail wind? >> well, i think, again, let's look at the fiscal cliff from two perspectives. if you stayed over that cliff, got help us. that's a big enough drag. however, we get a deal from washington, doesn't have to be a big frame work deal, we will have growth next year and we will have a lot of the good things you're talking about in housing, i think the corporate sector is going to pick up, as well. but again, you are giving the housing sector a drag of huge size in the beginning of the year. that's not going to allow us to grow at a 3% pace. >> can i ask you about that, that payroll tax? that is the $128 billion, over the course of the year, right? >> no, it's not over the course of the year. it hits payrolls on the first paycheck in january. you get a rise in taxes that over the course of the year is 1% of income, but in the first quarter annualized is over 4% of income. if you are thinking about gdp, we have a very big drag that's hitting us earlier in the year. it can be absorbed over a p
so, is the fiscal cliff even something that can stop this, what seems like a great tail wind? >> well, i think, again, let's look at the fiscal cliff from two perspectives. if you stayed over that cliff, got help us. that's a big enough drag. however, we get a deal from washington, doesn't have to be a big frame work deal, we will have growth next year and we will have a lot of the good things you're talking about in housing, i think the corporate sector is going to pick up, as well. but...
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so everybody has something to dislike in the fiscal cliff. the reason i like it is i'm really a deficit hawk. i've always believed that these deficits are very bad for the country. this is the first step towards doing something serious about the deficit, and i think it's worth doing. >> so you are not worried about that recession happening in 2013? most economists, congressional budget office said that would occur if nothing is done in washingt washington. you say it's okay if it's short term. >> maria, it wi occur. i think a recession is terrible and tough. but this country is in deep trouble. we clearly cannot go on with these kinds of deficits. doing something about the deficit can't be done in washington because none of them ever seem to want to take any political heat. this is the way they designed to take the political heat. all these cuts are necessary. some of them are painful. i hate some of them. we're all going to have to give up something in order to get out of this deficit situation, and the fiscal cliff appears to be the only si
so everybody has something to dislike in the fiscal cliff. the reason i like it is i'm really a deficit hawk. i've always believed that these deficits are very bad for the country. this is the first step towards doing something serious about the deficit, and i think it's worth doing. >> so you are not worried about that recession happening in 2013? most economists, congressional budget office said that would occur if nothing is done in washingt washington. you say it's okay if it's short...
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fiscal cliff is a skri sis. debt situation overall is a crisis and creates a environment of a real opportunity to get something done. most big changes, most big changes occur when there is a crisis vomit. secondly the president is free to lead. he doesn't have to worry about offending the base and saying he's for significant entitlement reform. he can lead and come to the middle saying to mitch mcconnell and john boehner, look, i'm for significant entitlement reform and revenues with it. let's go. if he needs and public with a plan, and the republicans torpedo that plan refusing to raise revenue, i think they're going to face political extinction in the next election because americans want the problems taken care of. >> governor? i'm sorry. i have to interrupt you. >> my congratulations to president obama and the first lady and the vice president biden and dr. biden. like many americans, i was hoping that this presidential election would turn out a little differently. mitt romney and paul ryan are good men. they
fiscal cliff is a skri sis. debt situation overall is a crisis and creates a environment of a real opportunity to get something done. most big changes, most big changes occur when there is a crisis vomit. secondly the president is free to lead. he doesn't have to worry about offending the base and saying he's for significant entitlement reform. he can lead and come to the middle saying to mitch mcconnell and john boehner, look, i'm for significant entitlement reform and revenues with it. let's...
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if congress wants to do something helpful, fix the fiscal cliff. compromise and get it behind us. >> thank you very much. steve, jared and jim, we appreciate it. another programming note for monday when larry returns, marco rubio of florida will be his special guest. very interesting booking there. coming up next, the father of our country, george washington's 223-year-old copies of the constitution and the bill of rights went up for auction today and they went for a lot of money. the full details and the unlikely buyers -- maybe not so unlikely when we come back. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 there are atm fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 account service fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and the most dreaded fees of all, hidden fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 at charles schwab, you won't pay fees on top of fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no monthly account service fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no hidden fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 and we rebate every atm fee. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so talk to chuck tdd# 1-800-345-2550 because when it comes to talking
if congress wants to do something helpful, fix the fiscal cliff. compromise and get it behind us. >> thank you very much. steve, jared and jim, we appreciate it. another programming note for monday when larry returns, marco rubio of florida will be his special guest. very interesting booking there. coming up next, the father of our country, george washington's 223-year-old copies of the constitution and the bill of rights went up for auction today and they went for a lot of money. the...
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cliff. we expect the president to say that he still wants to get a deal with republicans to do that. that is still going to be time. however, that they will have to do it after the christmass3 holiday. the president plans, is planning to go to hawaii for christmas with his family. speaker boehner has left town. gone back to ohio. for the holiday. the senate is expected to come back on, on december 27th, the thursday next week, which is the earlit that they would be expected to get back to work on this. melissa? melissa: peter, who's left? sounds like it is a ghost town there. sounds basically two guys that are still left working. >> yeah, i don't know if they will be here very much longer. but listen, realistically, it's the holiday season. a lot of members, the presidt, they all made plans, and after last night with speaker boehner, pulling his pl b, it doesn't look like, there are no signs of anyegotiations or any plans for any negotiations. it looks like everyone just wants to go, be with
cliff. we expect the president to say that he still wants to get a deal with republicans to do that. that is still going to be time. however, that they will have to do it after the christmass3 holiday. the president plans, is planning to go to hawaii for christmas with his family. speaker boehner has left town. gone back to ohio. for the holiday. the senate is expected to come back on, on december 27th, the thursday next week, which is the earlit that they would be expected to get back to work...
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cliff. we have to, right? house speaker john boehner just left d.c. but should be returning next week. the president is speaking in moments on the topic. we're taking it live. david: you know who will take that. melissa francis who takes it from us live. melissa: we start tonight with breaking news. it has been a tumultuous day in washington. both sides apparently in a total deadlock in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama is expected to make a statement on where things stand at any moment here. and with a preview we have fox businesses peter barnes. he is at the white house. peter what do we expect to hear? >> well, melissa, right now the president is finishing up on meeting with senate democratic leader harry reid who came down here to try to talk with the president with some strategy moving forward to avert the fiscal cliff. we expect the president to say that he still wants to get a deal with republicans to do that. that is still going to be time. however, that they will have t
cliff. we have to, right? house speaker john boehner just left d.c. but should be returning next week. the president is speaking in moments on the topic. we're taking it live. david: you know who will take that. melissa francis who takes it from us live. melissa: we start tonight with breaking news. it has been a tumultuous day in washington. both sides apparently in a total deadlock in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama is expected to make a statement on where things stand at any...
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if we go over the fiscal cliff we'll massively cut the deficit and seems like something republicans should be in favor of and the other thing that bothers me here and the hypocrisy particularly great on the defense cuts side of the ledger because if essentially what republicans are arguing for here is government stimulus to create jobs it just happens that they're defense jobs rather than teachers or firefighters. i think joe biden did a good job of calling out paul ryan on a similar type of hypocrisy during the debate. a >> and i love my friend here. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin? we sent millions of dollars. you know why he said -- >> you did ask for stimulus money, correct? >> on two occasions we advocated for constituents applying for grants. that's what we do. >> i love that. i love this. this is such a bad program and writes the department of energy saying the reason we need the stimulus to create growth and jobs. his words. >> so look. the point here is that it seems like for republicans cuts an
if we go over the fiscal cliff we'll massively cut the deficit and seems like something republicans should be in favor of and the other thing that bothers me here and the hypocrisy particularly great on the defense cuts side of the ledger because if essentially what republicans are arguing for here is government stimulus to create jobs it just happens that they're defense jobs rather than teachers or firefighters. i think joe biden did a good job of calling out paul ryan on a similar type of...
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i feel your company has something good going for the fiscal cliff, not bad. there are companies that want to sell themselves and get this lower capital gains rate. you are doing -- is there a lot of activity in your space now between now and year end? >> well, the issue -- i can't tell you from whether shareholders this significant gains or going to sell stock or not, i would imagine if they were to do that -- >> if i own a company, i would like to sell my company to you before the capital gains went up. >> right. so, of course, we do about 20 acquisitions a year. our pipeline is full. and there are certain owners in the united states that would like to sell their businesses before the year end that, is true. but our acquisition portfolio is on a global basis. there are opportunities at every single market to aggregate the office space, dental, medical, and companion veterinary space. >> your company is in the space that i follow and your space had the least degradation worldwide even though you got fiscal issues everywhere. you have a great growth path. than
i feel your company has something good going for the fiscal cliff, not bad. there are companies that want to sell themselves and get this lower capital gains rate. you are doing -- is there a lot of activity in your space now between now and year end? >> well, the issue -- i can't tell you from whether shareholders this significant gains or going to sell stock or not, i would imagine if they were to do that -- >> if i own a company, i would like to sell my company to you before the...
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they'll mess around for as long as they possibly can and possibly pass a fiscal cliff relief bill or something lining those lines at the final hour. >> do you think it goes on, that it's a long term solution? my personal solution is they find a band-aid that may give us the qe-3 type relief. >> but the question is what your long-term outlook is. if you're betting against u.s. growth, betting against -- or betting there will be a huge issues in the coming years on these -- on the deficit issue, you may want to keep it off the table. >>> there's a third area there. i don't talk to anybody, steve or our guest, who doesn't think the u.s. can easily ramp up growth. the real discussion i don't think is the true u.s. economy. i thinkist the moguling being throw in front of it, our self-inflected issues, you know, last time around we sequestration. are we going to have sequestration 2? of course we'll put a band-aid, but we need leverage to have reform predicated to surrender on the band-aid. >>> we've got to go, guys. i've got to go with this. we've got to move on. this is the last hour of
they'll mess around for as long as they possibly can and possibly pass a fiscal cliff relief bill or something lining those lines at the final hour. >> do you think it goes on, that it's a long term solution? my personal solution is they find a band-aid that may give us the qe-3 type relief. >> but the question is what your long-term outlook is. if you're betting against u.s. growth, betting against -- or betting there will be a huge issues in the coming years on these -- on the...
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cliff. that's something that's kicked down the road as they try to deal with the tax numbers. >> sounds like fun. thanks so much, peter and mike. and straight ahead this afternoon, the real cost of continued silence about the fiscal cliff from our leaders in washington. their failure to lead speaks volumes. but what does it really mean for your bottom line? straight talk from "fortune" magazine. that's next. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. citi price rewind. with a new project in mind, some how-to knowledge to give
cliff. that's something that's kicked down the road as they try to deal with the tax numbers. >> sounds like fun. thanks so much, peter and mike. and straight ahead this afternoon, the real cost of continued silence about the fiscal cliff from our leaders in washington. their failure to lead speaks volumes. but what does it really mean for your bottom line? straight talk from "fortune" magazine. that's next. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price...
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. >> but it hasn't been a very encouraging week for people who think that the fiscal cliff is not something that we want to go over and i think that the president's proposal that was put on the table was something that republicans were not going to accept, even close to accept, so it had the air of bizarre. you know, bargaining. but put a really high price out there so that when you start the negotiating -- >> when will the real negotiating begin? congressman cole? >> i want to thank the president and secretary geithner for reuniting and re-energizing the republican caucus. because that offer -- they must think that john boehner is santa claus, because it was a christmas wish list, it wasn't a real proposal. at the end of the day, do i think we'll arrive at a deal? i do. >> but you heard secretary geithner right there, and i want to get congressman ellison in this as well. they're not going to come forward with anything new right now? >> i don't know -- there's a little bit of chicken going on here in terms of gamesmanship. we'll have a lot of discussion. i don't think we need to put a form
. >> but it hasn't been a very encouraging week for people who think that the fiscal cliff is not something that we want to go over and i think that the president's proposal that was put on the table was something that republicans were not going to accept, even close to accept, so it had the air of bizarre. you know, bargaining. but put a really high price out there so that when you start the negotiating -- >> when will the real negotiating begin? congressman cole? >> i want...
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don the fiscal cliff? caller: would like to add something on the matter of taxes. it has been recommended, some years ago by a wall street banker, to have a 1% wealth tax from capital accumulation. someone that house $100,000 would pay $1 and dollars. a flat tax with everyone in. -- would pay $1,000. the good raise a tremendous amount of money even if the income tax rates went down. and this wondering if anyone would be in favor of such a tax. it would be a flat tax. as far as social security is concerned, i do not hear anything about the amount being raised. i think it is $110 and they could easily raise that and raise money there. -- i think it is $110,000. everyone under the wealth accumulation tax would pay that during their lifetime. i just wanted to throw that out as a possibility. host: and other baubles from the york. -- another bob. caller: and is wondering why the rich cannot pay their fair share. i live in upstate new york. the toll is at $10 and because i do not have some kind of sticker on my window, i had to pay a $2 port tax, some ayatollahs told the
don the fiscal cliff? caller: would like to add something on the matter of taxes. it has been recommended, some years ago by a wall street banker, to have a 1% wealth tax from capital accumulation. someone that house $100,000 would pay $1 and dollars. a flat tax with everyone in. -- would pay $1,000. the good raise a tremendous amount of money even if the income tax rates went down. and this wondering if anyone would be in favor of such a tax. it would be a flat tax. as far as social security...
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so everybody has something to dislike in the fiscal cliff, the reason i dislike it, i always believe the deficits are bad for the country. this is the first step towards doing something serious for the country, i think it is worth doing. >> so you are not worried about the recession happening in 2013, most of the economists say it would occur if nothing is done in washington. you say it is okay if it is short term. >> maria, it will occur, i think the recession is terrible, tough on people who won't have jobs. but this is clearly terrible, we can't go on with the deficit. nothing seems to want to -- nobody seems to want to take the political heat. this is the way they're designed to take the politica heat. all of these cuts are necessary, some of them painful. we'll all have to give up something to get out of the federal deficit situation. and the fiscal cliff seems to be the only solution. >> it is amazing there is no discussion about coming to an agreement here. i feel like it is a repeat over and over again, like last summer when we were waiting on the debt ceiling debate. i mean
so everybody has something to dislike in the fiscal cliff, the reason i dislike it, i always believe the deficits are bad for the country. this is the first step towards doing something serious for the country, i think it is worth doing. >> so you are not worried about the recession happening in 2013, most of the economists say it would occur if nothing is done in washington. you say it is okay if it is short term. >> maria, it will occur, i think the recession is terrible, tough on...
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john, it is clear that the fiscal cliff has wall street's full attention right now. do you expect a -- something to happen by december 31 or not? >> we expect something is going to happen. what that's going to be, we don't have the clarity we're expecting just yet. i think it's simple math. everybody knows what has to be done. obviously, we've had many, many studies over the course of the last few years that tell us what has to be done. so it is math. it's just about them getting in a room and hammering out the details. so we obviously need some revenue and some cuts across the board. i think it's how those are going play out in terms of what portion and how much is going to be what the market's really keying on. i think $4 trillion is basically the number that's kind of out there. i think if it comes in higher than that, it's going to be positive. if it doesn't, it's going to be a negative. >> so steve liesman, what do you think this tells us about compromise? over the last couple of days, we were all fuzzy. we were all in it together. john boehner coming out saying
john, it is clear that the fiscal cliff has wall street's full attention right now. do you expect a -- something to happen by december 31 or not? >> we expect something is going to happen. what that's going to be, we don't have the clarity we're expecting just yet. i think it's simple math. everybody knows what has to be done. obviously, we've had many, many studies over the course of the last few years that tell us what has to be done. so it is math. it's just about them getting in a...
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>> the fiscal cliff is something he will talk about, say they have to solve this. he's talked before about the upside and said twice already the federal reserve cannot off-set the effects of the fiscal cliff. the fed could -- one idea -- the fed could keep a little bit of powder dry if we do go off the cliff, the fed has something it could do. >> mike duke last night the ceo of walmart spoke and he sa said -- they poll their shoppers all the time. a week before the election, 25% of walmart customers knew about the fiscal cliff. one week after the election, 75% of their shoppers know about the fiscal cliff and 15% say it means they will spend less on christmas. it's pre-telling, right? >> apparently the walmart shopper is more informed than the average american. we showed 70%. that's out there. it's something that affects people. it was clear in the data there was an effect of the fiscal cliff on overall economic attitudes. the more important thing we found is that it affects businesses and businesses slow down in capital spending. you're an economic student and you
>> the fiscal cliff is something he will talk about, say they have to solve this. he's talked before about the upside and said twice already the federal reserve cannot off-set the effects of the fiscal cliff. the fed could -- one idea -- the fed could keep a little bit of powder dry if we do go off the cliff, the fed has something it could do. >> mike duke last night the ceo of walmart spoke and he sa said -- they poll their shoppers all the time. a week before the election, 25% of...
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of our minds here, the fiscal cliff. and i would be remiss if i didn't ask you both to weigh in on it. but in the following way, number one, what's going on that we don't understand? number two, what should happen? number three, what's the r.s.c. going to do to help us get to that better state of what should happen? either one of you wants to chime in on that one? >> first of all, you know, if you look at where we are right now, it's because of a number of reasons. jim touched on a few of them, going back to the debt ceiling deal. i did not vote for the budget control act. to me it didn't address the real problem and that's spending. if you look at the debate right now, it's mostly about the debate of how much faxes we need to raise. the president keeps adding more to it because he has an insatiablet appetite to add more. we are not addressing the real problem. i don't think anybody's taxes need to go up. you look at what barack obama said three years ago. if you raise taxes in a bad economy it will make things worse. we
of our minds here, the fiscal cliff. and i would be remiss if i didn't ask you both to weigh in on it. but in the following way, number one, what's going on that we don't understand? number two, what should happen? number three, what's the r.s.c. going to do to help us get to that better state of what should happen? either one of you wants to chime in on that one? >> first of all, you know, if you look at where we are right now, it's because of a number of reasons. jim touched on a few of...
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given the fiscal cliff is a possible that a policymakers were not to agree to some sort of deficit deal with the -- by the end of year big over the fiscal cliff that the size of the asset purchases could indeed grow in response to that and more specifically you coined the phrase fiscal cliff and i wanted to get your take on whether you still feel it's the most appropriate language to describe what would happen at the beginning of the year of? there are some americans who may be alarmed by the language in some economists say it still -- and you feel it's appropriate given the fiscal contraction in the deal? >> the first part of your question is, if the economy actually went off the fiscal cliff, the ceo's assessment and outside forecasters think it would have significant adverse effect on on the economy and the unemployment rate. on the margin we would try to do a week could. we would perhaps increase a bit but i want to again be clear that we cannot offset the whole impact of the fiscal cliff. it's just too big given the tools we have available and the limitations on our policy toolkit
given the fiscal cliff is a possible that a policymakers were not to agree to some sort of deficit deal with the -- by the end of year big over the fiscal cliff that the size of the asset purchases could indeed grow in response to that and more specifically you coined the phrase fiscal cliff and i wanted to get your take on whether you still feel it's the most appropriate language to describe what would happen at the beginning of the year of? there are some americans who may be alarmed by the...
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real fiscal cliff. the real fiscal cliff is the continued excessive borrowing and spending of over a trillion dollars a year that is driving this country into a serious fiscal situation for the future. and it's not just something our children and grandchildren are going to have to pay for years down the line. it's something we are all paying for now. it's something that is keeping people from getting back to work, keeping companies from expanding. we and future generations will address what i believe any american who is paying any attention whatsoever, and everyone certainly in this body and our corresponding house down the hall understands whether you are a republican or democrat, liberal or conservative, it's simple math. it's not algebra, it's not sal includes. it's third grade math. you cannot raise $2.2 trillion a year and spend $3.5 trillion or $3.4 trillion. literally, we have added now approaching $6 trillion in just the last four years, and it's unsustainable. it's going to hurt everybody and i
real fiscal cliff. the real fiscal cliff is the continued excessive borrowing and spending of over a trillion dollars a year that is driving this country into a serious fiscal situation for the future. and it's not just something our children and grandchildren are going to have to pay for years down the line. it's something we are all paying for now. it's something that is keeping people from getting back to work, keeping companies from expanding. we and future generations will address what i...
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cliff. dave: an exciting our coming up. we will tell you what drove the markets today with today's data download. of next week on wall street following better than expected november jobs report. the dow and s&p ending prior to eke out weekly gains, the nasdaq closed in the red ending down 1% a lot of that because of what happened to apple. financial and industrial for this week's top performing sectors while materials and technology lad a bit. the u.s. economy added 146,000 jobs in november as the unemployment rate dropped to four year low of 7.7%. today's report may not be as strong as it seemed, reporting employers added 49,000 fewer jobs in september and october than initially estimated. a preliminary reading showing consumer confidence plunging to its lowest level in four months. early december americans prepare for a potentially higher taxes at the beginning of next year. the index dropping 74.5 this month, far below november's reading of 82.7 and economists forecasts of 82.4. >> in the
cliff. dave: an exciting our coming up. we will tell you what drove the markets today with today's data download. of next week on wall street following better than expected november jobs report. the dow and s&p ending prior to eke out weekly gains, the nasdaq closed in the red ending down 1% a lot of that because of what happened to apple. financial and industrial for this week's top performing sectors while materials and technology lad a bit. the u.s. economy added 146,000 jobs in november...
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he talked a lot about the fiscal cliff, but the reduced economic folks, something below 2 1/2%, 2.2, is it 2%? that has long-term implications for not on the economy and jobs but for the value of equities. >> steve's point, he was going to do more reporting to find out what length of time ben ber mack ki -- bernanke was talking about. if we are in an economy that grows that low a rate, that is something we are not used to in the united states of america, tyler. we expect to be an economy that grows a faster pace than that, up until now, one of the most liberal economies in the world and we don't mean in terms of liberal versus conservative in politics, mean the most dynamic economy, where we can adapt to changes very, very quickly. that's why we can grow so fast. at least in the past. that would be one dramatic change if that turns out to be true, and frightening. >> one of the other things that you were talking about and kenny polcari was and john, your thoughts on, this the idea that whether we go full thelma and louise off the fiscal cliff or not, there is likely to be fiscal rest
he talked a lot about the fiscal cliff, but the reduced economic folks, something below 2 1/2%, 2.2, is it 2%? that has long-term implications for not on the economy and jobs but for the value of equities. >> steve's point, he was going to do more reporting to find out what length of time ben ber mack ki -- bernanke was talking about. if we are in an economy that grows that low a rate, that is something we are not used to in the united states of america, tyler. we expect to be an economy...
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even if there's a big headline in the washington post, it's fiscal cliff resolved and nothing got done, people would feel better about thin. >> toby, speak to that point. youon'think so, huh? >> was that the pablem strategy, gary? >> that's what we're going to get anyway. >> six months ago we passed on the horrible sequestration things so congress can have time and solve this, where did it get us? nowhere. and there's a reason people don't trust this congress, they haven't earned one eye o iota. >> and got their vacations. let's talk the economy. the economy is right on that precipice. if we were to just take a shot into, you know, the back side here, you know, our consumer confidence has been dropping week by week and we'll get right back into slow growth and tn we'll freak o and do something more stupid. you were smirking, jonas. >> to get to your original question of the stock market, i think if they did nothing, but kick t can an entire year with all of these things and pushed the whole thing the next holiday season and holiday sales like this year, i think the market would go up,
even if there's a big headline in the washington post, it's fiscal cliff resolved and nothing got done, people would feel better about thin. >> toby, speak to that point. youon'think so, huh? >> was that the pablem strategy, gary? >> that's what we're going to get anyway. >> six months ago we passed on the horrible sequestration things so congress can have time and solve this, where did it get us? nowhere. and there's a reason people don't trust this congress, they...
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>> the whole country is truly concerned about the fiscal cliff, that is obvious. everybody is sitting back and waiting to see if washington can actually get something done. if political agendas can get it aside and think about the devastation that probably occurred with the fiscal cliff. the spring selling season begins in late january. we have been the bright spot in the economy. our industry are creating jobs, we're coming back in the early stages of a recovery so the fiscal cliff january 1 would have a huge impact on the country, and impact on our business, and we have our fingers crossed and are very hopeful washington can get something done and we'll have to see. but if they don't, there is no question there will be a little bit of time until things settle down when the buyers will hit the sidelines. liz: will it derail the tentative recovery here? >> right now we are three weeks away from this fiscal cliff date and we're still selling houses. i don't think it derails it, but there could be a pause until things get worked out. liz: part of it is being discuss
>> the whole country is truly concerned about the fiscal cliff, that is obvious. everybody is sitting back and waiting to see if washington can actually get something done. if political agendas can get it aside and think about the devastation that probably occurred with the fiscal cliff. the spring selling season begins in late january. we have been the bright spot in the economy. our industry are creating jobs, we're coming back in the early stages of a recovery so the fiscal cliff...
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in other words, we may get through the fiscal cliff by deferring it or by having something where in the long run it's not sustainable because our budget deficit will keep growing wider and wider. in which case the people who have to make decisions won't regard it as a real long-term solution. what we really need to do is fix the economy of the united states on a sustainable basis so there's some predictability, to people don't stand on the sidelines, so they go and invest so jobs get created and it shall. >> let me stop you right there. are you saying hearing from clients when you look at what's happening now in the economy in the book of business you guys see every day, are people standing on the sidelines? is it something that's affecting the economy right now? >> oh, absolutely. the fiscal cliff specifically is one of the major ways in which the slow recovery that we have could be completely derailed. hard landing in china. euro collapsing. problems in the middle east. and fiscal cliff is probably paramount in that area. >> we just met with -- >> a dozen of the largest high-tech comp
in other words, we may get through the fiscal cliff by deferring it or by having something where in the long run it's not sustainable because our budget deficit will keep growing wider and wider. in which case the people who have to make decisions won't regard it as a real long-term solution. what we really need to do is fix the economy of the united states on a sustainable basis so there's some predictability, to people don't stand on the sidelines, so they go and invest so jobs get created...
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read the headlines and they say the president is giving up his vacation to negotiate a fiscal cliff deal but is something he said before leaving for hawaii leaving room for negotiations? what are we talking about? set it up. >> the president is heading back to washington to attempt a last ditch effort with speaker boehner to forge compromise to avert the fiscal cliff which will kick in in about six days if nothing'ss done. those are the headlines. everyone talking about cutting his vacation short. the question is there anything that can be done? they were at an impasse before christmas, the republicans and house imploded and it's a tight spot. i suspect if there's a deal,t will be unpalatable for everyone. >> there was a interchange before the talks broke wn. we have the quotes. john boehner said to obama, quote, iut $800 billio i tax revenue on the table. what do i get for that? allegedly we understand president obama came back to him and said, you get nothing. i get that for free. you get nothing. >> there were a couple eye-opening quotes. a "wall reet journal" story before christmas t
read the headlines and they say the president is giving up his vacation to negotiate a fiscal cliff deal but is something he said before leaving for hawaii leaving room for negotiations? what are we talking about? set it up. >> the president is heading back to washington to attempt a last ditch effort with speaker boehner to forge compromise to avert the fiscal cliff which will kick in in about six days if nothing'ss done. those are the headlines. everyone talking about cutting his...
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cliff, something like 35 days to go before we have that deadline approaching. has there been any progress made in terms of maybe kicking that can down the road or at least trying to make sure there's some sort of agreement that's reached before then? >> well, you know, becky, so much of that depends on how we resolve that, depends on who wins this election, and that's why i believe strongly that mitt romney is going to win, because if you look at it, the fiscal cliff, what that means to the working people in this country and investors, their capital gains rates were going up, their dividend rates were going up, their marginal rates are going up, the death taxes are going up. marriage penalty taxes are going to come back in, so there's so many negative impacts in terms of going over this fiscal cliff, and mitt romney has said that he doesn't want to see tax rates go up on anybody, and would support an extension of existing rates, so it would give congress time to engage in real tax reform, which we've all been talking about, bringing down rates, simplifying the
cliff, something like 35 days to go before we have that deadline approaching. has there been any progress made in terms of maybe kicking that can down the road or at least trying to make sure there's some sort of agreement that's reached before then? >> well, you know, becky, so much of that depends on how we resolve that, depends on who wins this election, and that's why i believe strongly that mitt romney is going to win, because if you look at it, the fiscal cliff, what that means to...
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. >> rose: i saw something today where we're talking about the fiscal cliff and that the president was worried because he worried that the republicans somehow didn't want to give in to him. they have some animus against him. >> i thought that was a strange comment. elections have consequences and i think the republicans need the election returns just like the democrats do. and he has a great deal of political capital. and how is he going to use in the a second term? in the interview we did in the oval office last week i thought he was much more assertive and up front about what his agenda is going to be and what he cares about and wants to try to do. he isn't running for reelection again. he never has to say i approve this message again. we will really start seeing what barack obama believes and what he cares about. >> rose: i just happened to last night at one of the christmas parties in new york city, james watson, nobel laureate, the man who taught us what the d.n.a. -- d.n.a. structure looks like. he said what that what he hoped most for the president would be big bold ideas, not u
. >> rose: i saw something today where we're talking about the fiscal cliff and that the president was worried because he worried that the republicans somehow didn't want to give in to him. they have some animus against him. >> i thought that was a strange comment. elections have consequences and i think the republicans need the election returns just like the democrats do. and he has a great deal of political capital. and how is he going to use in the a second term? in the interview...
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the fiscal cliff. oh my goodness, the fiscal cliff is now just -- wow, 20 days away. so what are we going to do? some have suggested that we really have to deal with entitlements. and i'm here to agree that we can and we should deal with entitlements. certainly two of those issues, which i really don't think we ought to call entitlements but are fundamental programs here in america for americans, should be dealt with. one that some people want to put on the table really doesn't deal with the deficit at all, and that's social security. so before we even get into this discussion tonight, let's just understand or anybody that cares to take on this issue that in dealing with the fiscal cliff, social security is not the problem. the deficit is not caused by social security. social security has never been and in its present form, will not be part of the deficit issue. it's separate and apart. it is a special program. has its own source of revenue. has its own trust fund and isn't running the deficit at all a
the fiscal cliff. oh my goodness, the fiscal cliff is now just -- wow, 20 days away. so what are we going to do? some have suggested that we really have to deal with entitlements. and i'm here to agree that we can and we should deal with entitlements. certainly two of those issues, which i really don't think we ought to call entitlements but are fundamental programs here in america for americans, should be dealt with. one that some people want to put on the table really doesn't deal with the...
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read the headlines and they say the president is giving up his vacation to negotiate a fiscal cliff deal but is something he said before leaving for hawaii leaving room for negotiations? what are we talking about? set it up. >> the president is heading back to washington to attempt a last ditch effort with speaker boehner to forge compromise to avert the fiscal cliff which will kick in in about six days if nothing's done. those are the headlines. everyone talking about cutting his vacation short. the question is there anything that can be done? they were at an impasse before christmas, the republicans and house imploded and it's a tight spot. i suspect if there's a deal, it will be unpalatable for everyone. >> there was a interchange before the talks broke down. we have the quotes. john boehner said to obama, quote, i put $800 billion in tax revenue on the table. what do i get for that? allegedly we understand president obama came back to him and said, you get nothing. i get that for free. you get nothing. >> there were a couple eye-opening quotes. a "wall street journal" story before ch
read the headlines and they say the president is giving up his vacation to negotiate a fiscal cliff deal but is something he said before leaving for hawaii leaving room for negotiations? what are we talking about? set it up. >> the president is heading back to washington to attempt a last ditch effort with speaker boehner to forge compromise to avert the fiscal cliff which will kick in in about six days if nothing's done. those are the headlines. everyone talking about cutting his...
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. >> if no action were taken and the fiscal cliff happens, it's likely the economy would begin to attract or possibly go into recession and unemployment would begin to rise. that is something we want to avoid if possible. host: good morning, it's friday, june 8, 2012. while fed chief ben bernanke was on capitol hill yesterday, he added his voice to those warning congress for about a fiscal cliff heading the country's way at the end of the year if steps are not taken to address some of the earlier decisions that had been postponed. lots of different tax cuts and other policy questions facing congress at the end of the year. we will talk this morning about the fiscal cliff, its implications for the u.s. economy, and whether you believe the fed should act or congress should act. our phone lines are open. here's how to reach us -- you can also send us a tweet. you can post on facebook or send us an e-mail. if you have concerns about the coming fiscal cliff, we would like to hear your concerns. it's friday morning. we will talk to ryan, who sent to the fed chief's testimony yesterday to try to
. >> if no action were taken and the fiscal cliff happens, it's likely the economy would begin to attract or possibly go into recession and unemployment would begin to rise. that is something we want to avoid if possible. host: good morning, it's friday, june 8, 2012. while fed chief ben bernanke was on capitol hill yesterday, he added his voice to those warning congress for about a fiscal cliff heading the country's way at the end of the year if steps are not taken to address some of the...